F#sus4 244422 Esus4 022200 D/A x00232 Intro: F#sus4 F#mF#sus4 F#mF#sus4 F#mF#sus4 F#m
F#mD/ACD/AA It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
E Who said they were through with dealing
F#m F#sus4 F#m Every time you gave them shelter
EEsus4E I know that kind of man
F#mF#sus4 F#m It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4 Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
F#mD/ACD/AA And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
E You find he did not leave you very much
F#m F#sus4 F#m Not even laughter
EEsus4EF#m Like any dealer he was watching for the card
F#sus4 F#mE That is so high and wild
E Esus4F#mF#sus4 F#m He'll never need to deal another
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4 He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
F#mD/ACD/A And then leaning on your window sill
A He'll say one day you caused his will
EF#mF#sus4 F#m To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
EEsus4E And then taking from his wallet
F#mF#sus4 F#m An old schedule of trains, he'll say
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m I told you when I came I was a stranger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m I told you when I came I was a stranger
F#mD/ACD/A But now another stranger seems
A To want you to ignore his dreams
EF#mF#sus4 F#m As though they were the burden of some other
EEsus4 E O you've seen that man before
F#mF#sus4 F#m His golden arm dispatching cards
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter
F#mD/ACD/AA Ah you hate to watch another tired man
 Lay down his hand
EF#mF#sus4 F#m Like he was giving up the holy game of
E And while he talks his dreams to sleep
F#mF#sus4 F#m You notice there's a highway
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder
F#mD/ACD/A You tell him to come in sit down
A But something makes you turn around
EF#mF#sus4 F# The door is open you can't close your shelter
E Esuse E You try the handle of the road
F#mF#sus4 F#m It opens do not be afraid
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m It's you my love, you who are the stranger
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m It's you my love, you who are the stranger
F#mD/ACD/A Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
AE We'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
F#mF#sus4 F#m I think it's time to board another
E Esuse EF#m Please understand, I never had a secret chart
F#sus4 F#mE To get me to the heart of this
Esus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m Or any other matter
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m When he talks like this you don't know what he's after
E Esuse EF#mF#sus4 F#m When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
F#mD/ACD/A Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
A Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
EF#mF#sus4 F#m That they are building on some endless river
E Then he leaves the platform
Esus4 EF#m For the sleeping car that's warm
F#sus4 F#mEEsus4EF#mF#sus4 F#m You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
EEsus4EF#mF#sus4 F#m And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
EEsus4EF#mF#sus4 F#m And you say okay the bridge or someplace later
F#mD/ACD/AA And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
E You find he did not leave you very much
F#m F#sus4 F#m Not even laughter
EEsus4EF#m Like any dealer he was watching for the card
F#sus4 F#mE That is so high and wild
E Esus4F#mF#sus4 F#m He'll never need to deal another
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4 He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
F#mD/ACD/A And then leaning on your window sill
A He'll say one day you caused his will
EF#mF#sus4 F#m To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
EEsus4E And then taking from his wallet
F#mF#sus4 F#m An old schedule of trains, he'll say
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4 I told you when I came I was a stranger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4 I told you when I came I was a stranger
EEsus4 EF#mF#sus4 F#m F#sus4